LATEST TALKS

1. Monochrome Part II - Len builds on the foundations of his ‘Secrets of Digital Black and White Photography’ talk and introduces you to more concepts that will improve your Black and White photography.

2. Colorful Colours - How we see colour, describe colour and use it to convey emotions. This presentation concentrates on how to effectively use colour in your photographic compositions.

3. Astonishing Abstracts - How abstract photographic art works - an inspirational talk opening up new possibilities in this growing genre. Abstract photography is a broad term that covers everything for representational / straight photographs through to artworks that are more impressionistic or even totally non representational. Len takes us through the breadth of the Abstract Genre and inspires you with different techniques to try. This is not a technical how to talk though, it more about the aesthetics and inspirational side of the genre.

4. Artistic Lens - Len reveals his approach to creating unique and inspiring photographs drawing on his 40 years of experience as an artist. In this talk he shows you how thinking like an artist can help your photography practice. This talk is full of tips on immersing yourself in your photography and using at means of self expression.

5. Style | Voice | Look - Len discusses how the search for style is often a ‘misnomer’, and tries to convince you that looks are for a series and finding your authentic voice is the most important personal goal to follow for your photography. An incredibly motivational talk that gets you thinking about what you want to say with your work. In this presentation Len delves into creating meaningful bodies of work that talk to each other.

LEN’S CLASSIC CAMERA CLUB TALKS

1. Monochrome Part I - Len’s Secrets of Digital Black and White Photography. This is the most requested talk that Len presents. It is an inspiring introduction to the construction of a monochrome photograph. It is full of learning for photographers at all levels. It includes compositional tips for photographers too. If your club has already had this talk, why not ask Len for part 2.

2. Photographic Composition - The language of the Photograph. In this presentation Len takes us through a whole range of compositional ideas about how we read and construct a photograph. These are drawn from the arts in areas much more diverse than the usual photographic rules that are presented in photography texts. This talk has been found to be incredibly inspiring to photographers of all levels. Many clubs have asked Len to repeat it a second time. This is the summary version of Len’s 30 x one hour compositional series of videos available to members of Len’s Club.

3. A Positive Lens - Len has discovered, the hard way, that negative criticisms of artworks can be incredibly damaging to the artists who create them. Over the years he has picked up a few camera club refugees who left clubs in tears. In this presentation he teaches you how to effectively critique another person’s photograph in a positive, supportive and educational manner. By stopping and considering how and what we say when we critique a photograph we can change the experience for the photographer that took the image and create an incredibly encouraging environment. This presentation was originally developed at the request of one club, and has been successfully used throughout many to change a clubs culture to a more supportive and creative one.

4. Printing Photographs - Len discusses colour management and his method printing photographs. He focuses on keeping printing easy for consistent results. Len prefers to keep this complex topic simple as possible. He discusses monitors, calibration, inkjet printers, profiles and papers. Len also introduces the different ways you can get prints made for you. From going down to the local print shop, through professional services and the boutique ones you don’t hear about. He helps make printing easy and accessible for all levels in a photographic community. From beginner to expert this talk, whilst technical has something for everyone.

5. The Space Between - Len is more than a little obsessed with space in his photographs. In this presentation he explains why and how he uses space to create beautiful compositions. Len shows us how to see negative and positive space, going on to explain how to use it in your photography. This is a great introduction to minimalism, negative space, figure / ground and the Japanese concept of ‘Ma’.

6. Creativity Lens - Creativity is in all of us. Unfortunately many of us label ourselves as not having a creative bone in our body. Len believes that this is a limiting belief that stalls us. In this presentation Len tells us how to get in touch with our creative bones, our creative intuitions, or even how to channel creative energy. This presentation is full of practical tips and tricks that help photographers get the most of their creativity.

An online talk is typically 90 to 120 minutes plus Q&A at the end. Len can either dial into your clubs normal zoom meeting, or he can host the meeting and send you a link to distribute to your members. Our zoom account allows for a hundred attendees at one time. You are encouraged to invite neighboring clubs to attend as well.

POSSIBLE 3-4 HOUR WORKSHOP

1. Critique session - This starts with Len outlining how to critique photographic prints, and ends with the audience practicing critiquing prints bought by the audience. Members are asked to bring a series or three to five prints for critiquing. Digital photographs will not be critiqued.

2. Post processing with Lightroom

SUGGESTED FULL DAY WORKSHOPS

1. Creative Lens

2. Digital Black and White Photography

3. Photographic Composition

4. Len's One Day workshop

SUGGESTED WEEKEND WORKSHOPS

1. Blue Mountains Landscape Weekend

2. Monochrome Weekend